Just read this and immediately reinstalled Bluesky so I could share it somewhere. Thanks for writing it, Michelle. Take a few minutes and read this one through.

Michelle Cyca@michellecyca.com · last wk.

for @thewalrus.ca I wrote about the season's hottest trend (racism) thewalrus.ca/why-is-anti-...

Playlist & playback for today’s It’s a Jangle Out There. jangleoutthere.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/p... @reseraphin.bsky.social @cozyslippers.bsky.social @spencercullum.bsky.social @matthewsigley.bsky.social @bornlosersrecords.bsky.social @chargedwithmichif.bsky.social

Playlist for Thursday 7 May 2026

RESEARCH VESSEL – Where you are THE AIRPLANES – Where you are now APOLLO GHOSTS – Island kids ROB & ELLEN – Penny fountain ROB & ELLEN – Cosmic error R E SERAPHIN – Today wil…

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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim proclaimed May 29, 2024 as “Guy Felicella Day” in honour of my work advocating for “BOTH HARM REDUCTION AND RECOVERY.” Tomorrow, I’m returning it. I won’t be used as part of a disingenuous display of fake compassion. My full statement is below 👇

This is absolutely shameful and nauseating.

karen ward@kwardvancouver.bsky.social · 4mo ago

the B.C. Coroners Service posted two reports on April 24 and I guess nobody noticed? I did just now. it should've been A HUGE SCANDAL #bcpoli Deaths of Individuals Experiencing Homelessness in British Columbia (2016-2024) www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/b...

#DEAL ALERT! Calling all one-clickers because MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES @waub.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle US until the 12th at 11:59pm PDT! amzn.to/4vddoUp #MoonoftheTurningLeaves #ad #amazoncom

Moon of the Turning Leaves: A Novel

In this gripping stand-alone literary psychological thriller set in the world of the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow, a scouting party led by Evan Whitesky ventures into unknown and dangerous territory to find a new home for their close-knit Northern Ontario Indigenous community more than a decade after a world-ending blackout.

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Our generation's lead pipes that cooked our brains were internet tubes

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A jury determined that Meta and Google were negligent and failed to warn users of the dangers associated with using YouTube, Instagram in a landmark social media addiction trial

sometimes something bad happens where there are no malicious actors, no one is happy, and everyone gets the worst possible outcome they don't deserve. social media exists to strip such events of context so we can have clear winners and losers

NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives. futurism.com/artificial-i...

AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking

ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.

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This post has been on my mind for a few days now, so I’m going to say something about it. 🧵

This person may still have a pulse but they are functionally and spiritually dead

e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 7mo ago

the new NYT piece on our national burrito taxi addiction offers a fascinating glimpse of the mentality that fuels a certain someone's hideous empire of endless scamming www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/d...

Today is the last day to join @onecityvan.bsky.social and be eligible to vote in the mayoral nomination that’s being held this month.

Lotta buzz about the wolf parade placement in heated rivalry but I’m frankly not hearing enough excitement about the deadly snakes tune

The Onion, 23 years ago. theonion.com/no-blood-for...

Not even December yet and Ol’ Nick is over it

Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank

Huge Black Friday lineup turns out to just be for Food Bank

HAMILTON, ON - Local residents this morning report driving past an excitingly long lineup and assuming it was for a blowout Black Friday sale, before realizing that it was just a regular queue for a b...

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My wife is getting gender affirming surgery in 5 days if you can repost this and / or donate that would help her immensely! #transawarenessweek

Donate to Help Jay Arner Cover Transition Costs, organized by Jessica Delisle

Let me tell you about my beautiful wife! Jay has been a dedicated member of the … Jessica Delisle needs your support for Help Jay Arner Cover Transition Costs

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Sooo we're all watching the How Does It Feel music video today, right?

We will never stop fighting until Thursday is returned to us ✊

Hey it’s Monday here are some photos

This is a cool idea, but the required window to update a candidate will be 45 days after the interview. Waiting a month and a half for an update after interviewing is still pretty rough financialpost.com/fp-work/ghos...

Polling Canada@canadianpolling.bsky.social · last yr.

God willing they actually enforce this and fine companies that don't follow the law ✌️

Disappointed but not surprised by the outcome of the hockey Canada trial. Our culture hates survivors of sexual assault SO much. I hope EM is able to find peace

Some ferries lately

Please share my fundraiser for @jayarner.bsky.social with your most famous and rich friends, followers, enemies, associates etc. We’ve got 59% more to go! www.gofundme.com/f/help-jay-a...

No no no Mister Juice Squeezer is my father. Please call me Manuel.

"...the economy itself is driving us into the ditch. It’s based on the creed of cancer — steady growth — and you can’t have endless growth in a finite world. The global economy is far too big, it’s got to shrink, and it’s got to be distributed more equitably around the world."

‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics

"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...

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There is only one possible ending to this story, and sports aren't the last chapter. I guarantee that if you haven't lost five decades of rights in two weeks, you have no idea what this feels like, so I'm begging you: protect trans kids right now with everything you've got.

Re: Diddy being acquitted on sex trafficking charges, one of the reasons the MeToo backlash has been so effective is because the court system enables a commentary class to say the absence of a guilty verdict means that women and victims are liars. In reality it’s incredibly hard and rare to convict

deerhoof just announced they’re taking their entire music catalog off of spotify